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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Adjusting rear coilovers

Hi,

I have some KW V3's and set them to a couple clicks past full soft to let them wear in for the first 1000km (someone said this I am not here to debate if its true or not)

The time has come to adjust them and the rears aren't nearly as accessible as the fronts, obviously. Do I have to drop the whole suspension to adjust the back or is there some trick I am missing? Can you cut a small notch in the metal to make it easily accessible?

Wouldn't dropping the suspension to gain access to this mess up my alignment?

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Old Jul 5, 2011 | 08:29 PM
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they should've come with extension ***** for the rear.
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Old Jul 5, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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To answer your question, no it will not mess up the alignment as long as you dont change the ride height or mess with the alignment cam on the LCA.
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 01:45 PM
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I don't think KW's ever came with extenders.
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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Look at Step 8 Here:

http://www.hi-impact.org/ryang/modif...ock_moton.html

Drilled a hole in the metal. Just make sure you take the shock out first before drilling, as you don't want to ding up the shock..
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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The problem with the KW rears is that the reservoir sits over the lower rear control arm, and I never found a way to drop them out without first dropping the control arm, and that means taking out the rear eccentric. Perhaps somebody smarter than me has found a way, but unless you have a cable or cut the hole, you will have to re-align the car if you want to change rebound, best I can tell.
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Old Jul 7, 2011 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TopGear8
Look at Step 8 Here:

http://www.hi-impact.org/ryang/modif...ock_moton.html

Drilled a hole in the metal. Just make sure you take the shock out first before drilling, as you don't want to ding up the shock..

Thank you good sir. Just what I was looking for!

And I love your wheels.
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